There are almost no examples of matriarchal societies in human history.
Matriarchy may be in the minority in recorded human history, but to say "almost no" is an exaggeration, as others already have pointed out
That is not to say that a few have not popped up, but they are very rare and far between
Or few have left record. We know pretty well that patriarchy often went to great lengths to wipe out traces of female rule/independence/importance. (See, e.g., the unclear sex of the apostle Junia/Junias)
adjust from the baseline for that component based on the engineer's performance level compared to mine
Another, similar method I have seen mentioned, I forgot where: Everytime something is coded, ask the coder for his estimate, and compare that to the actual time it took when the job is done. With this method you can over time develop a multiplier (on average, and for each individual coder) for the estimates given. You can even assess the accuracy of an estimate based on the variance of the estimates.
If you do it (and thanks for that), do it correctly. Virus very much is a noun . It means slime, poison, etc. It's just that its gender is neutral, and its plural is virus. And if you don't want to be looked at funnily, its possible to correctly anglicize it to viruses.
It sounds worse than jail and would I be the kid I'd take every opportunity to foil this scheme I get, and might just run away with 14. Sounds not very safe to me.
In Oregon, even if you're the same age, if her mommy or daddy complains - even if it was completely consensual, you will be charged with statutory rape
Of all the bigot US laws and court decisions I heard about, this is right up there with the most stupid. Thanks for sharing that, althought I'm not sure I want to know these things, they're bad for my blood pressure;)
It's you who seems to have missed the very obvious point that a relationship went from legal to illegal because one of the partners reached an arbitrary age.
As for the greater question of whether ages of consent are useful and what a particular age it should be: in principle I am against ages of consent entirely because they are always wrong and just a cop-out for parents with a twisted attitude towards bodies and sex, and a society that pretends to protect the children while pimping them as fashion models and pop stars.
I however agree that this a reality and ages of consent therefore a necessity. The useful age of consent I'd support would be different per culture and over time because I believe that it should be around the middle to end of the average girl's or boy's puberty, with the courts having the ability to adjust for the particular specifics in a particular case (maturity of minor, age of older party. Sexual relationships are ok if they were legal at an earlier time). If a parent by then hasn't managed to allow his/her kid to grow self-confidence and become at home in its body, it is too late. Puberty to a large part means being horny, and the kid needs the ability to consent or refuse. If the kid is not able to do this, it will be taken advantage off to varying degrees, with or without an age of consent.
I don't know about the laws in your country, but in most countries, minors can have sex among each other if they have reached a certain age, say 14.
Imagine this: you are 17 and your gf is 15. You have sex, no problem by law. You stay together. You become 18, she becomes 16. You have sex, still no problem. Another year goes by, you have a great relationship (you've been together for 2 years). You turn 19, she turns 17.
You seriously tell me you would stop having sex with each other for 2 years? Yeah sure.
I've yet to find a web site which lists spots you can go to find free bicycles to ride.
Ask and you will be served (english version available). Nowadays only the first hour is free, and you have to register in any case (1 EUR fee). Initially, it was simply free - no strings attached. Unfortunately this had to be scrapped due to the fucking morons who rode the bikes out if the city center and never brought them back in (I even found one in Berlin). Which is obviously completely moronic: there was no need to steal a bike because there were enough anyway, you could mostly just pick one wherever you were.
To be precise: you are right that I use 1 for republic, but I use 1, 2 and 4 for democracy. I think that here (Germany, Austria) these would be the definitions of practically everyone (capable of understanding the question in the first place). That's why I didn't get it: the only time I've ever seen others used is slashdot.
Not saying enyone is wrong, but it seems that using 1 and 1+2+4 seems more reasonable than 2 and 4.
Thanks, thanks, thanks! I was about to post something like this many times, but either was too lazy, or the post became too long and I gave up. Since this meme is so prevalent on/. I'm wondering whether these definitions are special to US, maybe something taught in US schools.
Thanks for trying:) As I said in other posts, XP and OSX do have builtin PTP drivers, but not all camera functionality works with them, according to Canon.
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There are almost no examples of matriarchal societies in human history.
Matriarchy may be in the minority in recorded human history, but to say "almost no" is an exaggeration, as others already have pointed out
That is not to say that a few have not popped up, but they are very rare and far between
Or few have left record. We know pretty well that patriarchy often went to great lengths to wipe out traces of female rule/independence/importance. (See, e.g., the unclear sex of the apostle Junia/Junias)
adjust from the baseline for that component based on the engineer's performance level compared to mine
Another, similar method I have seen mentioned, I forgot where:
Everytime something is coded, ask the coder for his estimate, and compare that to the actual time it took when the job is done. With this method you can over time develop a multiplier (on average, and for each individual coder) for the estimates given. You can even assess the accuracy of an estimate based on the variance of the estimates.
how long will it be until we find that Google is maintaining a database of this sort of thing?
:)
Ca. until 1999/2000 max.
Lufthansa had it months ago on long-haul between Europe and US, and it cost like 30 EUR. Wake up! :)
aircraft are generally not equipped with power outlets
On long distance business class, there surely are outlets.
If you do it (and thanks for that), do it correctly. Virus very much is a noun . It means slime, poison, etc. It's just that its gender is neutral, and its plural is virus. And if you don't want to be looked at funnily, its possible to correctly anglicize it to viruses.
I realize it sounds extreme
It sounds worse than jail and would I be the kid I'd take every opportunity to foil this scheme I get, and might just run away with 14. Sounds not very safe to me.
In Oregon, even if you're the same age, if her mommy or daddy complains - even if it was completely consensual, you will be charged with statutory rape
;)
Of all the bigot US laws and court decisions I heard about, this is right up there with the most stupid. Thanks for sharing that, althought I'm not sure I want to know these things, they're bad for my blood pressure
It's you who seems to have missed the very obvious point that a relationship went from legal to illegal because one of the partners reached an arbitrary age.
As for the greater question of whether ages of consent are useful and what a particular age it should be: in principle I am against ages of consent entirely because they are always wrong and just a cop-out for parents with a twisted attitude towards bodies and sex, and a society that pretends to protect the children while pimping them as fashion models and pop stars.
I however agree that this a reality and ages of consent therefore a necessity. The useful age of consent I'd support would be different per culture and over time because I believe that it should be around the middle to end of the average girl's or boy's puberty, with the courts having the ability to adjust for the particular specifics in a particular case (maturity of minor, age of older party. Sexual relationships are ok if they were legal at an earlier time).
If a parent by then hasn't managed to allow his/her kid to grow self-confidence and become at home in its body, it is too late. Puberty to a large part means being horny, and the kid needs the ability to consent or refuse. If the kid is not able to do this, it will be taken advantage off to varying degrees, with or without an age of consent.
I don't know about the laws in your country, but in most countries, minors can have sex among each other if they have reached a certain age, say 14.
Imagine this: you are 17 and your gf is 15. You have sex, no problem by law. You stay together. You become 18, she becomes 16. You have sex, still no problem. Another year goes by, you have a great relationship (you've been together for 2 years). You turn 19, she turns 17.
You seriously tell me you would stop having sex with each other for 2 years? Yeah sure.
I've yet to find a web site which lists spots you can go to find free bicycles to ride.
Ask and you will be served (english version available). Nowadays only the first hour is free, and you have to register in any case (1 EUR fee).
Initially, it was simply free - no strings attached. Unfortunately this had to be scrapped due to the fucking morons who rode the bikes out if the city center and never brought them back in (I even found one in Berlin). Which is obviously completely moronic: there was no need to steal a bike because there were enough anyway, you could mostly just pick one wherever you were.
Well, it can't pinpoint your location absolutely
It can
Obviously? Why? There is a Gnome Women group. I'd guess they organized it.
So I don't see the problem.
Oh, I didn't want to comment on whether there is a problem or not, I didn't even read TFB. I was just saying that the question is stupid.
It's really easy to know whether "releasing some code" qualifies: read the definition
I can still get on Gnutella and find almost every song that exists.
It rather seems that p2p shaped your notion of what exists.
At this point, it's still too early to say.
The officially announced games include Ubisoft, Activision, EA, Square Enix, Sega, and Konami. Capcom and others have announced titles for later.
This does not mean it isn't too early to say nevertheless, but Nintenco IMHO has a good chance.
Yeah, sorry, got it.
How did you do the angled line after the blockquote and before "/."?
Thanks, I learned something.
To be precise: you are right that I use 1 for republic, but I use 1, 2 and 4 for democracy. I think that here (Germany, Austria) these would be the definitions of practically everyone (capable of understanding the question in the first place). That's why I didn't get it: the only time I've ever seen others used is slashdot.
Not saying enyone is wrong, but it seems that using 1 and 1+2+4 seems more reasonable than 2 and 4.
Thanks, thanks, thanks! I was about to post something like this many times, but either was too lazy, or the post became too long and I gave up. Since this meme is so prevalent on /. I'm wondering whether these definitions are special to US, maybe something taught in US schools.
Uh, seems like I have led the mods astray. Sorry, I overlooked the Gentoo part in the blurb.
Yeah, I figured as much, but wtf? Am I missing something?
What exactly has this to do with Ubuntu? :)
Thanks for trying :)
As I said in other posts, XP and OSX do have builtin PTP drivers, but not all camera functionality works with them, according to Canon.